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‘The eight English clubs with the most money should really compete for the European places if they have a half decent manager and appropriate board level backing.’

‘The defense has been respectable and the pitching decent.’

‘They were both pretty ordinary, lived normal lives, made satisfactory grades and were decent looking.’

satisfactory, reasonable, fair, acceptable, adequate, sufficient, sufficiently good, good enough, ample, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, not bad, all right, average, tolerable, passable, suitable

‘Somehow, the York players transformed themselves into what we all know they have the potential to be - decent rugby players.’

‘Apart from being a decent player, he's also a nice lad and is the skipper this year.’

‘Because they have only a handful of decent players, trades have been hard to come by - you can't get something for nothing.’

‘It's been a disappointing season for us so far, so to have a decent run in the Cup is massive for us, and massive for the fans as well.’

‘It's as good a day as I've had in football, and I was lucky enough to have some decent days as a player.’

‘‘They are playing really well and they have some decent young players, so they are a hard team to play against,’ conceded Paul.’

‘A person who loves watching movies can never be alone when they have a decent VHS or DVD player.’

‘It was followed by a decent Caesar salad, with a tangy dressing that was appropriately not too creamy after the pot of cheese we'd just consumed.’

‘Results are decent, the players are happy again, the club is doing well.’

‘It's fair to say that a few decent shops would be nice and many areas of the town could do with a facelift, but that does not mean we live in misery and squalor.’

‘So, if you live not too far away, make sure it is on your list of places to visit next time you want to sit down to a decent meal and a nice glass of wine without breaking the bank.’

‘What you have here is nice folks running a decent restaurant with unique food.’

‘It's satisfying to get two decent, sustaining main meals for two hungry blokes out of one medium sized chicken.’

‘Cash also plays its part in managerial success, but the £5m that Moyes has been given to spend represents no more than a down payment on a decent Premiership player.’

‘She is offering to get me the Vegas Video 4.0 upgrade for my services, and that means decent colour correction tools, which I'd kill for.’

‘A decent game of football was never likely as both teams struggled to adapt to the atrocious conditions.’

‘If you think for a minute that I don't want a nice house, a decent car, gadgets and remote controls, then you've really got the wrong idea.’

‘If you put all of those young players into the team at the same time, without some really decent players alongside them, you will lose.’

‘In this vein, as well as the fact that this recipe is Ligurian in its history, it seemed only appropriate to post a decent pesto recipe.’

‘Now I am not going to complain if they do put more stuff out of this nature but I think that there is quite a lot already - maybe I would like at least one programme a night but some decent drama would be nice as well.’

2.2British informal Kind, obliging, or generous.

‘that's awfully decent of you’

‘So let no-one say British people aren't decent, aren't generous.’

‘Lots of Tories hold a strange affection to the ageing leftie, and when I read the last volume of his diaries he came across as a very decent, generous fellow.’

‘He was a grand decent neighbour, reliable and dependable, and one of the fine ‘old stock’ of the parish.’

‘I enjoy Paul's company and judge him to be decent and generous-hearted.’

‘We may disagree on much, but he's a thoughtful, decent man.’

‘‘David was the best husband you could wish for; he was loving, dependable and considerate, a very decent man,’ she said.’

‘If you stick around and look underneath the make-up you just may find a very decent and worthy human being.’

‘I told her everything and she listened, which I thought was pretty decent of a total stranger who looked sober.’

‘Brett has been Mr House Husband today, cooking dinner and now doing the washing up, which is very decent of him as I'm feeling a bit rough for some reason.’

‘He's a decent bloke, kind, generous and gentle to a fault.’

‘John and Rich were very decent though, agreeing to sleep on the lounge floor.’

‘Frank has always been approachable, a very honest, decent, generous man, with a great sense of humour too.’

‘It was decent of him to apologize to you.’

‘Tommie was regarded among all who knew him as a very decent and obliging man.’